Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets (approximate market value), Official reserve assets, financial derivatives (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Government excluding Social by country
The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency...
What the numbers show
Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets (approximate market value), Official reserve assets, financial derivatives (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Government excluding Social is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 1.20 billion in Australia; the lowest is -478.71 million in New Zealand.
The median across all reporting countries is 393,016, and the mean is 58.95 million.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Argentina (up 2,452.7%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 813.5%).
Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 1.20 billion | 2025 | up 987.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Mexico | 668.32 million | 2025 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Denmark | 413.46 million | 2025 | up 1,160.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Argentina | 179.15 million | 2025 | up 2,452.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Netherlands | 67.00 million | 2025 | up 169.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Israel | 64.86 million | 2025 | up 164.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Jordan | 55.97 million | 2025 | up 179.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 49.00 million | 2025 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Belgium | 23.04 million | 2025 | up 170.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Spain | 21.28 million | 2025 | up 551.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Switzerland | 13.90 million | 2025 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Uruguay | 10.28 million | 2025 | up 431.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Finland | 4.95 million | 2025 | up 387.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Malta | 4.95 million | 2025 | up 165.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 1.06 million | 2025 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Colombia | 1.01 million | 2025 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Portugal | 931,960 | 2025 | up 433.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Paraguay | 927,288 | 2025 | — | rising |
| 19 | Norway | 496,032 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Armenia | 290,000 | 2025 | up 173.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Albania | 50,000 | 2022 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 22 | Slovenia | 18,365 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 23 | North Macedonia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Sweden | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 23 | France | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 23 | El Salvador | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Iceland | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Ireland | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Costa Rica | -29,547 | 2025 | down 101.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Georgia | -105,864 | 2025 | down 141.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Estonia | -835,425 | 2025 | down 813.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Peru | -1.00 million | 2025 | down 103.1% | volatile |
| 63 | China | -15.00 million | 2025 | down 102.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Brazil | -16.50 million | 2025 | down 193.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Austria | -28.20 million | 2025 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 66 | New Zealand | -478.71 million | 2025 | down 228.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro Area (EA) 103.20 million
- European Central Bank (ECB) 10.48 million
About this data
The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.